New International VersionFor we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--

New Living TranslationWe know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.

English Standard VersionWe know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Berean Study BibleWe know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

Berean Literal Bibleknowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be annulled, that we are no longer enslaved to sin.

New American Standard Bible knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

New King James Versionknowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

King James BibleKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Christian Standard BibleFor we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be rendered powerless so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

Contemporary English VersionWe know that the persons we used to be were nailed to the cross with Jesus. This was done, so our sinful bodies would no longer be the slaves of sin.

Good News TranslationAnd we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin.

Holman Christian Standard BibleFor we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin's dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

International Standard VersionWe know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.

NET BibleWe know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

New Heart English Bibleknowing this, that our old self was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishFor we know that our old person was crucified with him, that the body of sin would be destroyed, that we shall not again serve sin.

GOD'S WORD® TranslationWe know that the person we used to be was crucified with him to put an end to sin in our bodies. Because of this we are no longer slaves to sin.

New American Standard 1977 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin;

King James 2000 BibleKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin.

American King James VersionKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin.

American Standard Versionknowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

Douay-Rheims BibleKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.

Darby Bible Translationknowing this, that our old man has been crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin.

English Revised Versionknowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

Webster's Bible TranslationKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Weymouth New TestamentThis we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;

World English Bibleknowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

Young's Literal Translation this knowing, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

Romans 7:14We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Romans 7:24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Colossians 2:11In Him you were also circumcised in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Treasury of Scripture

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin.

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Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

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Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Romans 8:3,13 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: …

Colossians 2:11,12 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: …

that henceforth.

Romans 6:12,22 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof…

Romans 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Lexicon

We knowγινώσκοντες(ginōskontes)Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's Greek 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

(6-11) Further description of this process. The Christian's union with the crucified Christ binds him also to crucify or mortify (ascetically) the sinful desires of his body. Thus he is released from the dominion of those desires. But this is not all. Just as Christ passed from the cross to the resurrection, and overcame death once for all, exchanging for it a life wholly dependent upon God; so, too, His followers must consider themselves cut off irrevocably--as if by death itself--from sin, and living with a new life dedicated and devoted to God, through their participation in the death and life of Jesus Christ their Lord.

The old self, or that congeries of evil habits acquired in the state of heathenism, was, ideally if not actually, mortified and killed in our baptism. This change was wrought by a power brought to bear upon the will through the contemplation of the crucifixion of Christ. Hence, instead of saying simply "mortified," the Apostle writes rather "crucified," i.e. put to death, not in any way, but specially through the cross.

That the body of sin might be destroyed.--The "body of sin" is the body subject to sin, or that supplies sin with the material on which it works. This substratum of carnal and fleshly desire, the Apostle tells us, is to be ascetically chastened and disciplined until it ceases to be a source of sin.

Verses 6, 7. - Knowing this (cf. η} ἀγνοεῖτε, ver. 3), that our old man was (not is, as in the Authorized Version) crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed (or abolished, or done away, καταργήθῃ), thathenceforth we should not serve (δουλεύειν, expressing bondage, or slavery; and so throughout the chapter in the word δοῦλοι, translated "servants") sin. For he that hath died is freed from sin. The word "crucified" has, of course, reference to the mode of Christ's death into which we were baptized. It does not imply anything further (as some have supposed) as to the manner of our own spiritual dying, such as painfulness or lingering; it merely means that in his death our old man died (cf. Colossians 2:14, προφηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ). The term "old man" (παλαὶος ἄνθρωπος) occurs also Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:9. It denotes man's unregenerate self, when under sin and condemnation; the καινός or νεος ἄνθρωπος being his regenerate self. It is, of course, a different conception from that of ὁἐξω and ὁ ἔσωθεν ἄνθωππος of 2 Corinthians 4:16. In Ephesians and Colossians the old man is said to be put away, or put off, and the new one put on, as though they were two clothings, or investments, of his personality, determining its character. Here, by a bolder figure, they are viewed as an old self that had died and a new one that had come to life in its place (cf. 2 Corinthians 5:17, Αἴ τις ἐνΞριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν). The idea of a new man being born into a new life in baptism was already familiar to the Jews in their baptism of proselytes (see Lightfoot, on John 3.); and our Lord, discoursing to Nicodemus of the new birth, supposes him to understand the figure; but he teaches him that the change thus expressed should be no mere change of profession and habits of life, but a radical inward change, which could only be wrought by the regenerating Spirit. Such a change St. Paul teaches to be signified by Christian baptism; not only deliverance from condemnation through participation in the benefits of the death of Christ, but also the birth or creation of a new self corresponding to his risen body, which will not be, like the old self, under the thraldom of sin. "The body of sin" may be taken as meaning much the same as "our old man;" sin being conceived as embodied in our former selves, and so possessing them and keeping them in bondage. It certainly does not mean simply our bodies as distinct from our souls, so as to imply the idea that the former must be macerated that the latter may live. The asceticism inculcated elsewhere in the New Testament is in no contradiction to the ideal of mens sana in corpore sano. Our former sin-possessed and sin-dominated personality being now crucified with Christ, dead, and done away with, we are no longer, in our new personality, in slavery to sin, and are both bound and able to renounce it; "for he that hath died is freed [δεδικαίωται, literally, 'is justified'] from sin." In Scotland, one who is executed is said to be justified, the idea apparently being that he has satisfied the claims of law. So here ' δεδικαίωται. The word δουλεύειν, be it observed, in ver. 6 introduces by the way the second figure under which, as above said, the apostle regards his subject, though it is not taken up till ver. 16.